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 Oct 18 2007, 08:23 AM
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Moving Target  Group: Members Posts: 858 Joined: 25-August 03 From: Braunschweig, North German League, Allied German States Member No.: 5,537  |
As posted by Lars "labrat" Blumenstein @ Eisparadies forum:
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Oct 18 2007, 02:05 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
I'd like to offer proofing time. I'm still finding typos and left over sentence bits in my copy of SR4. ;)
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Oct 18 2007, 02:23 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,180 Joined: 22-January 07 From: Rochester, NY Member No.: 10,737 |
Uh huh, and your reasons for making such an offer are entirely honorable and self-sacrificing, right? ;) :D |
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Oct 18 2007, 02:30 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
To be honest, yeah, mostly. From a product standpoint, it weakens the quality of the work. I know it's damn hard to proof something that's 300 pages, and I'm not saying they're doing a bad job, but typos and stuff: bad. But then, I'm not on a deadline, so I have a few days to read The Awakened World. (Which is in a dead heat for Street Gear for having the most mistakes that slipped through, just thinking back now.)
On the "it would benefit me" front, it really throws me when I'm reading and I come across something like half of a sentence, or missing words. I read RPG books cover to cover as soon as I can, rather than just using them as reference books, so when I'm cruising through and I have to reread sections, it's annoying. You never catch everything, but some of them are pretty outstanding. Very minor gripe, to be sure, but still. I have to imagine that System Failure was horribly rushed, because there were 10s of issues in it. It just throws you for a loop when you're reading. *shrug* |
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Oct 18 2007, 02:43 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 28-November 06 From: Broomfield, CO Member No.: 10,065 |
Yep, me too. Coming across the double comma in the core book recently had me *erk* to a stop and back up to re-read it :)
Carl |
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Oct 18 2007, 02:47 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
,,.be glad you are not in the digital print media. One little line that is "off" or a colour that "just doesn't look right" and back to square one...and again...and again...
...and a lot of time it is a hardware issue. |
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Oct 18 2007, 03:09 PM
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Technomancer Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,638 Joined: 2-October 02 From: Champaign, IL Member No.: 3,374 |
Interesting ... my brain just fixes typoes and fills in sentences, etc. I don't even see them.
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Oct 18 2007, 03:40 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 858 Joined: 25-August 03 From: Braunschweig, North German League, Allied German States Member No.: 5,537 |
Meaning you're not exactly suited to be a proof-reader... I usually spot typos and grammar errors (in German!) at first sight - years of experience proof-reading my girlfriend's university essays. |
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Oct 18 2007, 05:17 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 166 Joined: 28-November 06 From: Broomfield, CO Member No.: 10,065 |
Yep. Way way way back I was a typesetter and had to proofread the output. Add in that I'm a documentation geek and typos just jump right out at me. I once got a free trip to a company's headquarters and invited to go with the group to a local Penn Ren Faire because I kept finding typos in their docs. They sent me the docs to the newest release of the program before releasing it (and no, I didn't get paid unless you count the trip to the Ren Faire). I was specifically hired at my current job because I'm a big proponent of documentation.
:) Carl |
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Oct 18 2007, 06:07 PM
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ghostrider Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,196 Joined: 16-May 04 Member No.: 6,333 |
I was doing documentation and proofing others' documentation at the company I work for now before I moved into what I'm doing these days. Same thing. The stuff just jumps off the page and slaps me.
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Oct 18 2007, 06:41 PM
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MechRigger Delux Group: Retired Admins Posts: 1,151 Joined: 26-February 02 From: Hanger 18, WPAFB Member No.: 1,657 |
Fuck documentation, fuck it hard....
It has made my week a living hell. On the bright side, we'll hopefully hear some street dates and see preview art soon :D |
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Oct 18 2007, 08:25 PM
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Bushido Cowgirl Group: Members Posts: 5,782 Joined: 8-July 05 From: On the Double K Ranch a half day's ride out of Phlogiston Flats Member No.: 7,490 |
...In one of my previous occupations I used to proof medical journal copy for electronic publication against the original hard copy. Talk about eye numbing, especially when there were articles on genetics that included long RNA sequences usually all in 8pt font.
...and man, if you messed up, it was a serious matter. |
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Oct 18 2007, 09:43 PM
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Technomancer Group: Retired Admins Posts: 4,638 Joined: 2-October 02 From: Champaign, IL Member No.: 3,374 |
Yeah. Dyslexia doesn't help that either :D |
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Oct 18 2007, 11:26 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 25-August 07 Member No.: 12,876 |
Or he's an Exalted player. ;) You build a quick immunity. |
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Oct 20 2007, 09:30 AM
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Great, I'm a Dragon... Group: Retired Admins Posts: 6,699 Joined: 8-October 03 From: North Germany Member No.: 5,698 |
Rumours said that it will be announced toady on the Spiel 07 in Essen, who's going to get the german SR license. |
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Oct 20 2007, 12:42 PM
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Target Group: Members Posts: 12 Joined: 25-August 07 Member No.: 12,876 |
Even with all the new stuff lined up I most want to get my hands on printing 5 of the core book.
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Oct 20 2007, 01:29 PM
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Shooting Target Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 1,755 Joined: 5-September 06 From: UCAS Member No.: 9,313 |
I do the exact same thing. LOL |
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Oct 20 2007, 09:39 PM
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Running Target Group: Members Posts: 1,269 Joined: 18-September 06 Member No.: 9,421 |
My brain did fill it in till your guys mentioned it. Now it is driving me crazy. Damn you all!
Chris |
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